2019-05-11T16:53:06-08:00 2018-12-31 990EZ 2018-01-01 760633544 FIREFIGHTER MINISTRIES INC FIRE 8327571499 PO Box 925 Friendswood TX 77549 Wendy Norris Chairman 8326476770 2019-05-10 true John Norris 8327225070 2019-05-10 2018 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z X www.texasloddtaskforce.com X X 67838 X 58548 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8965 3750 5215 0 0 0 325 64088 784 0 0 75 2175 1272 49188 53494 10594 14517 0 25111 14517 25111 0 0 0 0 14517 25111 0 0 14517 25111 X To provide at need and long term assistance to police, fire, and EMS agencies, and to the families who have experienced a line of duty fatality or catastrophic injury. Line of Duty Death response - This program is where we offer at-need assistance to families and first responder agencies that have suffered a line of duty death. A team of volunteers from our organization will travel to the affected department to assist with the funeral arrangements, crisis management, counseling, benefits filing, and referrals to local organizations for additional help. Team members will stay in the affected location in order to provide the services listed above. Each response requires a minimum of one volunteer but additional volunteers are utilized depending on the needs of the family and the affected agency. 0 17616 Line of Duty Injury response - This program is where we offer at-need assistance to families and first responder agencies that have suffered a catastrophic line of duty injury. A team of volunteers from our organization will travel to the affected department to assist with crisis management, counseling, benefits filing, and referrals to local organizations for additional help. Team members will stay in the affected location in order to provide the services listed above. Each response requires a minimum of one volunteer but additional volunteers are utilized depending on the needs of the family and the affected agency. 0 8785 Family Assistance - This program is where we offer at need assistance to the families who have suffered a line of duty death or catastrophic line of duty injury. We will assist the families with financial needs by providing assistance in paying for immediate needs, such as bills, groceries, and health care. 0 7065 Other programs include a lending library where we provide an extensive lending library for families, agencies, and volunteers to borrow books on topics such as grief, suicide prevention, survivors guilt, crisis counseling, and trauma; Family care kits are provided to families and include pamphlets, brochures, books, and a small gift to aid in the comfort of their grief; Family meet and greets is a program that brings the families of fallen and injured emergency service workers together where they can talk about their grief and healing and help others along their path; Education is provided to police, fire, and EMS agencies as well as our volunteers to assist them in preparing for a LODD, LODI, suicide prevention, and suicide survival, this includes one-on-one and department-wide training 0 8856 42322 Wendy Norris Chairman 40 0 0 0 Billy Wusterhausen Vice Chairman 10 0 0 0 John Babler Director 10 0 0 0 false false false false false 0 false false 0 0 0 0 false 0 0 false TX John Norris PO Box 925 Friendswood TX 77549 8327571499 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE 0 NONE 0 true X 107415 52254 68427 45657 58548 332301 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 107415 52254 68427 45657 58548 332301 0 332301 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21350 35127 15375 32890 9290 114032 446333 0 0.745 0.0 X Part II, line 10 income from fundraising, rebates, and refunds Part I, Line 8 refunds and rebates Part I, Line 10 Volunteer appreciation Part I, Line 16 Program expenses including Line of Duty Death response, Line of Duty Injury response, lending library, insurance, travel for LODD education and consultations, meeting with families and departments of fallen and injured emergency service workers, training for volunteers, Make it Purple Awareness campaign, Task Force awareness, and office supplies Part III, Line 31 Other programs include a lending library where we provide an extensive lending library for families, agencies, and volunteers to borrow books on topics such as grief, suicide prevention, survivors guilt, crisis counseling, and trauma; Family care kits are provided to families and include pamphlets, brochures, books, and a small gift to aid in the comfort of their grief; Family meet and greets is a program that brings the families of fallen and injured emergency service workers together where they can talk about their grief and healing and help others along their path; Education is provided to police, fire, and EMS agencies as well as our volunteers to assist them in preparing for a LODD, LODI, suicide prevention, and suicide survival, this includes one-on-one and department-wide training